White Elephant Watch

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White Elephant Watch: Vol. 7 Report

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 7

The Portsmouth Bypass represents a broken and deeply cost-ineffective theory of economic development that assumes reducing vehicle travel time—rather than investing in people and places facing economic distress—will unlock economic development.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 6 Report

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 6

The High Desert Corridor would promote low-density land use and single-occupant vehicle trips, running counter to the state’s climate and sustainable communities goals.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 5 Report
Motor vehicles are seen on Interstate Highway 10 near Benson, Arizona, March 2019. (Getty/Paul Harris)

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 5

Interstate 11 would lead to more low-density, auto-dependent development, produce significant environmental harms, and fail to address metropolitan area congestion in Phoenix and Tucson.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 4 Report
Snow and ice cover a highway interchange near Birmingham, Alabama, on January 29, 2014. (AP/Jay Reeves)

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 4

The Northern Beltline in Birmingham, Alabama, is a costly and unnecessary project that highlights the lack of accountability with federal transportation funds.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 3 Report
A car drives along County Highway A near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, July 2004. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 3

Wisconsin State Highway 23 is a costly and unnecessary project that highlights the lack of accountability with federal transportation funds.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 2 Report
Passengers wait outside the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City, Florida, December 2010. (AP/Melissa Nelson)

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 2

The West Bay Parkway is a costly and unnecessary project that highlights the lack of accountability with federal transportation funds.

Kevin DeGood

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 1 Report
The beach in Panama City, Florida, is seen on April 12, 2015. (AP/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel)

White Elephant Watch: Vol. 1

The Gulf Coast Parkway is a costly and unnecessary project that highlights the lack of accountability with federal transportation funds.

Kevin DeGood

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